Sterling Shepard
31-Year-Old
Free Agent
2023 Receiving Stats
REC
10
YDS
57
TD
1
AVG
5.7
TAR
22
2024 Projections
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Ends season with whimper
Shepard hauled in three of five targets for 18 yards and carried once for six yards in Sunday's 27-10 win over the Eagles. Shepard ended the regular season with 10 catches on 22 targets for 57 yards and a touchdown over 15 games. He added a six-yard rush and a 10-yard punt return.
ANALYSIS
After playing in just 10 contests over the previous two campaigns due to an Achilles tear and a torn ACL, Shepard was able to stay healthy in 2023. However, he was relegated to a role near the back of New York's receiver depth chart and played fewer than one-third of the team's offensive snaps in all but one of his 15 appearances. In a testament to his limited role on offense, his modest numbers in Week 18 represented one of his better stat lines of the season, as Shepard finished the campaign with just 10 catches for 57 yards and one touchdown on 22 targets. The Giants seemed to acknowledge that Shepard's 2023 season would be his swan song with the franchise, as he was the final player out of the tunnel for pregame introductions in Week 18. Shepard will turn 31 years old in February and is expected to attract limited interest in free agency this offseason.
After playing in just 10 contests over the previous two campaigns due to an Achilles tear and a torn ACL, Shepard was able to stay healthy in 2023. However, he was relegated to a role near the back of New York's receiver depth chart and played fewer than one-third of the team's offensive snaps in all but one of his 15 appearances. In a testament to his limited role on offense, his modest numbers in Week 18 represented one of his better stat lines of the season, as Shepard finished the campaign with just 10 catches for 57 yards and one touchdown on 22 targets. The Giants seemed to acknowledge that Shepard's 2023 season would be his swan song with the franchise, as he was the final player out of the tunnel for pregame introductions in Week 18. Shepard will turn 31 years old in February and is expected to attract limited interest in free agency this offseason.
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Air Yards Per Game
9.3Air Yards Per Snap
1.05% Team Air Yards
4.0%% Team Targets
4.6%Avg Depth of Target
6.3 YdsCatch Rate
45.5%Drop Rate
13.6%Avg Yds After Catch
3.4% Targeted On Route
25.3%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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Receiving Alignment Breakdown
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2023 Sterling Shepard Split Stats
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Measurables Review
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Height
5' 10"Weight
196 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.48 secShuttle Time
4.35 secCone Drill
7.00 secVertical Jump
41.0 inBroad Jump
123 inBench Press
20 repsHand Length
9.75 inArm Length
30.38 in
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Should play more in Week 5
Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Wednesday that he plans to use Shepard more in Sunday's game against Miami, Art Stapleton of The Bergen Record reports.
ANALYSIS
Shepard has played just 31 snaps on offense through four games, but the Giants plan to lean more on the veteran receiver moving forward after mustering just two passing touchdowns through four games. The wideout has recorded at least 576 receiving yards in every season from 2016 through 2020, but he had been limited by various injuries in the ensuing two seasons.
Shepard has played just 31 snaps on offense through four games, but the Giants plan to lean more on the veteran receiver moving forward after mustering just two passing touchdowns through four games. The wideout has recorded at least 576 receiving yards in every season from 2016 through 2020, but he had been limited by various injuries in the ensuing two seasons.
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Shepard recovered from a torn Achilles suffered during the 2021 season in time to play in Week 1 last year, but his campaign ended with another devastating injury when he tore his ACL in Week 3. The Giants liked his production enough, when healthy, to re-sign him during the offseason, but the "when healthy" qualification looms large because the wideout has played in more than 12 games just once since he was a rookie in 2016. There's no guarantee that Shepard will be ready to go by the opener of the coming season, and even if he is, his role is uncertain. New York is loaded with slot receivers and may prefer to give youngsters Wan'Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt more run than the 30-year-old Shepard.
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Active, but fails to play Monday
Shepard was active for Monday's 24-22 win over the Packers but didn't play any snaps on offense or special teams.
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Full participant at practice
Shepard (hip) was a full participant at Thursday's practice, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports.
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Dealing with hip injury
Shepard was a limited participant in Wednesday's practice due to a hip injury, Dan Salomone of the Giants' official site reports.
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Gets garbage-time score in loss
Shepard caught one of four targets for a two-yard touchdown in Sunday's 49-17 loss to the Cowboys.
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Limited to just one snap Sunday
Shepard wasn't targeted while taking the field for just one of the Giants' 77 snaps on offense in Sunday's 14-9 loss to the Bills.
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